The Bourne Supremacy

Trailer here:
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The first movie was pretty good. I know some people found it just so-so, but I liked it quite a bit. Hopefully it'll be as entertaining as the first without resorting to the typical "bigger, louder, sillier" sequel syndrome.

I enjoyed the first movie, right up to the ending when Chris Cooper got a big expository scene and started just telling the audience, who I assume the Filmmakers didn't think would be able to figure out the story, what had happened when it was clear as day through the entire film. But this looks like a good sequel, even if it doesn't follow the path of the book.

Yeah I saw the trailer before Van Helsing. Looks good. I hope the chase scene is as good as the first.

I read somewhere that they maintained the spirit of the first movie by having only one explosion. The rest is just Bourne and his enemies acting like "real" spies--calling as little attention to themselves as possible (with the exception of those car chases, of course, lol).

It's great to see good actors in these kinds of movies--Joan Allen, Brian Cox, etc. I usually hate cameos, but Julia Stiles's appearances in these movies seems like fun for some reason.

Yes, let's hope it lives up to (and can we hope, to improve on :o) its predecessor!

I hate to make such an obvious speculation here, but it seems to me that the majority of people seeing "Supremacy" might be male. And conversely, the vast majority of people seeing "Cat Woman" might be female, as this movie seems to be presented as a "girl power" movie. Granted, they're trying to get the male draw with Halle Berry scantily clad (which I must admit would be the only reason I'd see the movie). The SFX appear to be sub par, and with Halle hissing and spitting like an actual house cat, make for a ridiculous appearance of what's supposed to be the strong and charismatic heroine.

- Josh

depression,

yeah, the hand-held camera work was irritating, which is why i'm not giving the movie a 10/10. i'm going to write a full review sometime tonight.

eddie

*Cheers* to everyone who saw this and not Catwoman this weekend.

I love the fact that these movies are intelligent and have a sense of authenticity. There is no overabundance of explosions or death defying stunts to challenge your disbelief. One of the best assets spy movies done right have is the unknowing of what will happen next, the unpredictability factor. Which Supremacy like it's predecessor succeeds in creating.

Greengrass did a fine job. Though the camera will sometimes make you feel discombobulated, he throws you right into the action. I love the European fall/winter scenary as we watch Bourne city hop. SOOOOOO many movies are NYC based it's nice to see some different cities for once on screen. If I hadn't looked at the credits I never would have guessed it was done by different directors. The look, feel, and atmosphere is all here from Identity.

Kudos to Karl Urban. He may not have had a lot to do here but I liked the presence he gave off.

This one was amazing. My expectations were really high, and the movie exceeded them. Before the car chase, the movie was already a decent action thriller. When the car chase ended, I could sense the audience letting out a collective sigh of relief as well as letting go of their armrests or dates.

The actors were all great (especially Matt Damon and Joan Allen). It was surprising how much emotion they were able to wring out of the few, brief quiet scenes.

This is a phenomenal effort that gets a 9/10 from me.

52 million on an opening weekend is amazing. I can only imagine Bourne Legacy is already in the works.

I guess I underestimated the amount of authentic spy thriller fans out there.